NDSU's Technology Fee Advisory Committee has awarded funds to four campus technology projects.
Earlier this spring, the committee sought proposals for information technology projects designed to improve the quality of education and campus life for students at NDSU. With approval from Marc Wallman, vice president for information technology, the following projects received funds:
- Projection equipment for Graduate Learning Center
Project director: Chris Martin, NDSU Libraries
NDSU serves more than 700 full-time and 1,500 part-time graduate students. The Graduate Learning Center in the Main Library is a dedicated space for graduate students to engage in collaborative learning, including student-focused workshops and seminars. Recognizing the need for classroom and presentation technologies to facilitate activities, this project will fund a projector, laptop computer, projection screen and media cart for the center. Expected outcomes include an increase in graduate student-focused programming and an increase in the number of graduate students who use the Graduate Learning Center.
- ACE Group Room Study Needs
Project director: Betsy Sand, ACE Tutoring Center
Academic Collegiate Enhancement, known as ACE, is an academic support program available to NDSU undergraduate students at no cost. In 2013-14, the program made more than 19,800 tutoring contacts and had more than 51,000 student visits. ACE has three large study rooms and one conference room, which are used frequently for staff training, meetings, group projects, studying and tutoring. This project will fund installation of a projector and screen in each study room and the conference room, so students and staff can efficiently collaborate on group presentations and projects.
- Pedagogical Lab
Project director: Jenny Linker, Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences
The NDSU Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences at NDSU offers undergraduate programs in health and physical education. The programs rely on specialized technologies, including pedometers, heart rate monitors, video cameras and fitness assessment software, to address unique teaching and learning needs of the fields. The programs recently acquired a pedagogical lab space in Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. This project will fund technology for the pedagogical lab, including SMART boards, tablets and wireless display technology. The space will provide both graduate and undergraduate students access to technologies to increase technology self-efficacy for K-12 and higher education instruction, while enhancing NDSU's programs.
- New Computers and Software for the NDSU TV Studio Classroom and Computer Lab
Project director: Mark Meister, Department of Communication and Bison Information Network
More than 600 undergraduate students currently use Bison Information Network's NDSU TV studio computer lab and classroom. The students include active members of Bison Information Network/SUTV, pre-communication journalism students and communication majors and minors enrolled in broadcast journalism courses, along with other students enrolled in general education courses scheduled in the space. Advanced and updated hardware and software are vital to effective broadcasting education and training. This project will provide financial and institutional support to purchase and maintain state-of-the-art hardware and software needed for quality education in the NDSU TV studio computer lab and classroom.
Questions regarding the Technology Fee Advisory Committee may be directed to committee chair Rian Nostrum at rian.nostrum@ndsu.edu or 701-231-7890, or to the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology at 701-231-5646.
More information is available at www.ndsu.edu/tfac.
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